Dallas, TX United States
Purpose: The Upper School English Instructor is an innovative master teacher and collaborator with a solid background in and passion for teaching Upper School English, utilizing a strong repertoire of tools for teaching students to read closely, think critically, and write in a variety of modes. This teacher will help students read with understanding by providing strategies for engaging with a variety of texts in many genres, both fiction and nonfiction. The successful candidate will create a classroom with opportunities to use writing as a means of discovery and to lead students in their honing of skills in creative expression, communication, and collaboration. This teacher is also a lifelong learner who welcomes opportunities for professional development and collegial conversation that lead to the development of effective, inquiry-based education in the English classroom.
Essential Functions:
- Teach Upper School English, delivering instruction aligned with ESD’s Mission.
- Provide integral and varied support, planning, oversight, and communication as an academic advisor.
- Offer significant involvement and/or leadership in an extracurricular capacity as a club advisor or athletic coach.
- Participate and engage in professional activities and gatherings at team, departmental, divisional, and school-wide levels.
- Use appropriate technology in support of the curriculum of the twenty-first century global classroom.
- Communicate effectively with students, parents, and colleagues.
- Work closely with colleagues on the school’s curricular initiatives.
Contact Information
Please apply through the following link.